On 1 April, the Supreme Court rejected Catholic priest Henryk Okolotovich's appeal against his 11-year jail term on treason charges. Both his trial and appeal were closed. In a message from prison, he …

Aug 5, 2024 · At a closed hearing at the Russian-controlled Crimean Supreme Court in Simferopol on 2 August, Zaporizhzhia Regional Court jailed 41-year-old Ukrainian Orthodox priest Fr Kostiantyn …

In early 2024, Russian occupation forces arrested a Protestant in her fifties for participating in a July 2023 prayer meeting in the occupied Ukrainian city of Melitopol. Prosecutors handed her criminal …

A Moscow court fined an Anglican Christian three weeks' average wage under Russia's "gay propaganda" law for social media posts citing a Vatican declaration condemning "unjust …

8 June 2026 RUSSIA: January 2025 to April 2026 prosecutions for not showing official full name: list Forum 18 found 52 Administrative Code Article 5.26, Part 3 prosecutions in 2025 and the first four …

Oct 12, 2020 · Uzbekistan's new Religion Law [signed by the President 5 July, came into force 6 July] maintains almost all the restrictions on freedom of religion and belief in the current Religion Law. It …

On 22 September, a Goranboy court jailed 22-year-old Jehovah's Witness Seymur Mammadov for nine months for refusing compulsory military service on conscientious grounds. On 25 July – two days …

Apr 14, 2022 · At the instigation of the General Prosecutor, a secret Supreme Court hearing in Dushanbe on 29 March 2021 banned Jehovah's Witnesses for a second time, nearly 14 years after …

1 day ago · 8 June 2026 RUSSIA: January 2025 to April 2026 prosecutions for not showing official full name: list Forum 18 found 52 Administrative Code Article 5.26, Part 3 prosecutions in 2025 and the …

4 March 2025 OCCUPIED UKRAINE: Religious freedom survey, March 2025 Freedom of religion or belief and interlinked human rights are seriously violated in Russian-occupied Ukraine. Forum 18's …